HSK 5 · Verbs

评价 píngjià “to evaluate” in Chinese

Traditional 評價

What 评价 means

  1. to evaluate
  2. to assess

How to say 评价

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale评píng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale价jià4th tone, falling

评价 in a sentence

  1. 老板对你的工作有很高的评价。

    Lǎobǎn duì nǐ de gōngzuò yǒu hěn gāo de píngjià.

    The boss thinks very highly of your work.

    Sentence #346460 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我对这本书评价很高。

    Wǒ duì zhè běn shū píngjià hěn gāo.

    I think very highly of this book.

    Sentence #6119419 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 影片得到的评价褒贬不一。

    Yǐngpiàn dédào de píngjià bāobiǎn bùyī.

    The film got mixed reviews.

    Sentence #1397113 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 评价 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 评 (píng) with each of its parts in a different colour
评píngto discuss
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 平flat · píngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 平 (píng) hints at the sound. Compare it with píng.

The character 价 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
价jiàprice
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 介agent · jièSound part

How to write 评价

评 7 strokes · 价 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

评价 (píngjià) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 评价 (píngjià). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 评价

Words with 评

批评pīpíng · to criticise评论pínglùn · to comment on评估pínggū · to evaluate

Words with 价

价格jiàgé · price价值jiàzhí · value讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain代价dàijià · price物美价廉wùměijiàlián · good quality at a low price

More words: Thinking & Talking

秘密mìmì · secret描写miáoxiě · to describe明确míngquè · clear盼望pànwàng · to hope for启发qǐfā · to inspire强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)请求qǐngqiú · to request劝quàn · to advise

FAQs

评价 (píngjià) means “to evaluate” or “to assess”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it píngjià: píng with a 2nd tone, then jià with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 评价 is written 評價. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pingjia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 评价 from the suggestions. Typing pingjia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
评价 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.